MASTERCLASS IN COLOR DESIGN BY NATHAN FOWKES

THE ART DEPARTMENT 2026: IN-DEPTH DAY

This masterclass is part of the In-Depth Day on 15 April.
🎟️ Get your tickets here.

WHAT TO EXPECT
Nathan Fowkes has spent his decades long career at studios such as DreamWorks, Disney, Netflix and many others developing color design for some of your favorite animated movies. In this 2-hour long masterclass Nathan will demonstrate the following:

➡️ Organizing the complexities of color into engaging harmonies;
➡️ Choosing color palettes that create a full variety of moods and emotional beats for storytelling;
➡️ Color scripting to create a compelling narrative;
➡️ Staging images through the design of light;
➡️ Photoshop demo: building an image with color and light:
➡️ Q&A.

WHO IS NATHAN FOWKES?
Nathan Fowkes is a veteran entertainment industry artist with credits on various animated feature films from DreamWorks (Shrek Forever After, Shark Tale, The Legend of Puss in Boots, How To Train Your Dragon), Disney (Raya and the Last Dragon), Blue Sky (Rio 2), Netflix Animation and many others.

Additionally, Nathan has been sought after as a consultant for games studios to enhance the quality of their theatrical presentation including Riot Games, King, Disney Interactive, Ubisoft, Rovio, Blizzard Entertainment, Supercell and many others. He’s the author of bestselling art instruction books and teaches online when his film production schedule allows.